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Associate Membership £5 Until March 2021

Until the end of March 2021 the membership fee for new Associate Members (that is, full members of other U3As wishing to take part in the activities of Great Glen U3A) will be reduced from £9.50 to £5.

So if you already belong to another U3A, you can add Great Glen U3A activities to your week for very little cost.  Click on the

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Monthly Meetings will resume as Zoom sessions from August 2020 and until further notice.  See your newsletter or click here .

Group Activities During Lockdown - Click Here

Some one-off activities during lockdown are shown below.

There are U3A Zoom guides for PC Users, and phone/tablet users which you can download by clicking the one you want.

Contact Sue or Peter if you need any help and we’ll do our best to assist.

Sing yourself happy!             

Wednesday 10 February 3.30 – 5.00pm

With Valentines Day nearly upon us our theme for this session will be love songs.  Something for everyone, from Frank Sinatra - My Funny Valentine to Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life.

So, brighten your day by coming along and joining in!

The Zoom link will be sent out shortly before the meeting to everyone who has given us an email address, so if you receive the newsletter on email you will be included.  No need to register but do put the date in your diary now.

Singing together is a great morale booster, so do come and join us.

See you there.

Sue Russell    

BEWARE OF SCAMS

Sad to say that scammers are trying all sorts of tricks at the moment.  

In particular, anyone asking for payment for COVID test kits or TV Licences is not genuine and HMRC are not trying to send you refund.

Please be especially careful with unsolicited emails and phone calls.  Do not give out any personal information, no matter how convincing the caller seems. If in doubt, get advice before doing anything.

Writers for Pleasure just Published! Secure your Copy now!

“Grandma and Granddad, what was it like, growing up when you were young?

This little book sets out to secure for posterity first-hand experiences of people from ‘ordinary families’ growing up before, during and after World War II.

Great Glen u3a members may have one copy per household at the specially discounted price of £8, with no charge for postage and packing.  All other copies will be at £9.95, plus p & p, if applicable.  

                                       Learn Something New - Easter Egg Zentangle

Friday 5th March 10.30am on Zoom

Zentangle is apparently very popular with the grandchildren!  If you have young grandchildren have you thought about doing this with them?  

It works well over zoom.

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns called tangles.  Anyone can do it - you don’t need any artistic skill. To get started all you need is a black pen and a piece of plain white paper. This zoom session will show you how to create some simple tangles and combine them to make a Zentangle Easter Egg. Why not give it a try?

To take part email Lsn/ at /greatglenu3a.co.uk  . I will send out a template and a meeting link that you can click to join. If you haven’t used Zoom before but have access to the internet with a tablet (iPad or Android), or laptop, let me know and I will help you get set up.

   I look forward to seeing you.  

Sue Russell

2020 I Did This! -Show and Tell

We had a great afternoon sharing the various projects we had completed (or at least started) during 2020 including crafting of various sorts, knitting, quilting, colouring pictures, making models, books and films. It was so much fun that we would like to do it again – and since we are still locked down, we can!

  If you are currently working on something creative (of any type) perhaps you would like to share it with us.  As we don’t know when lockdown will end, I’m not setting a date yet, but it will probably be around Easter.

 Plenty of time for you to make some progress and then share what you have achieved.

Do let me know if you would like to take part.

Sue Russell